<p>haha, alright…</p>
<p>Bumpelstiltskin</p>
<p>Firstly, I would strongly recommend rhetoric over philosophy, literature/English, psychology or whatever other ******** humanities major.</p>
<p>Intensity:</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s that “intensive.” This semester, I took a rhetoric seminar which assigned a book a week (which isn’t that different from a political science seminar), and assigned two 10 pages essays (each 45% of your overall grade) which were both due at the end of the semester (see: today; holy*<strong><em>ing</em></strong>*thankgodthatsoverwith). If you have the chops, the reading and writing is quite enjoyable and interesting, which is more than I can say for some Political Science courses (Professor Hacker, I’m looking your way, man; that was a terribly disjointed and lazy course you put together).</p>
<p>Professors:</p>
<p>The professors are great. Of course, I have only had close contact with two: Carrico and Wintroub. From what I have heard of the other professors, they seem to be similarly “great.” Really, rhetoric courses can be very informal, and the relationship with the profs follows suit. Just make sure you have a personality, and are not one of those socially, emotionally, mentallywhateverthe** ■■■■■■■■ students that enrolls in seminar style courses without the ability to communicate verbally.</p>
<p>EDIT: You’ll never, ever see Judith Butler, so if that’s a motivation for you, forget it now. She has too much celebrity to be concerned with the ****ty writing or thoughts of some undergraduate. She’s so PoMo.</p>
<p>Attainability of A’s?</p>
<p>If you’re smart, you’ll probably get an A. If you’re lazy, not-smart, a poor writer, and all the other obviousities (this actually isn’t a word, but I’ve already had 3 beers and nothing to eat since 9am, so it will have to do) that I don’t think I need to mention, then you’re ****ed and shouldn’t be a rhetoric major/minor and I would probably hate you in person.</p>
<p>Do I enjoy rhetoric?</p>
<p>Yes. It gives me this great self-satisfaction and reaffirms my pretentiousness.</p>
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<p>**** “Philos.” EVERYBODY knows philosophy majors can’t write anyway</p>
<p>Hey thanks for the write-up! Sounds like the perfect major for me. I love reading and writing and the class seems to be very analytical. Outside of Cal, I have never heard of anyone being of Rhetoric major. Do you think employment options would be limited? (Although I plan to go to Law school anyways…) How do the “other” majors at Cal look at Rhetoricians? I told my family I am going to apply as a Rhetoric major and they gave me a dumbfounded look lol. </p>
<p>I’d appreciate any other advice…I’m a transfer student thats stacking up on Philosophy and Sociology courses because there are no pre-reqs for Rhetoric. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Edit: Lol that sucks about the Judith Butler thing…Oh well</p>
<p>I was told by a Rhetoric alumna about the celebrity status of a couple of the Rhetoric faculty, so it’s funny that you brought that up.</p>
<p>She also mentioned that Rhetoric students poke fun at English majors for having inferior analytical reading/writing skills. :p</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback, the Rhetoric program sounds great. It will be a tough choice, though I still need to hear back from USC <em>dodges rotten tomato</em> before I can feel comfortable with the notion of becoming an aspiring Rhetorician.</p>
<p>Bump!! Is there any more input about the rhetoric program?</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>bumping this again/.</p>